Has anyone had problems with Broadcom teaming drivers?
At this site, we're running NBU 5.0 with Broadcom BASP Virtual Adapter
6.0.1.0 driver on a pair of Nextreme gigabit Ethernet adapters in a Dell
2650.
Client backups to tape seem to work fine, but backups to a disk staging
storage unit fail with various network-type errors. When we remove the
teaming adapter and use the standard Ethernet adapter (version 6.34.4),
things work just fine.
Sniffing shows a lot of packet fragmentation in either case.
So we now have a way to make this work, but can't team the adapters. We sure
would like to be able to do this!
Any ideas or similar problems out there?
Thanks!
Mickey Baker
Safe Data Services, LLC
5990 NW 63rd Way
Parkland, FL 33067
954.757.7001
http://www.unixusa.com
-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of D Renee
Carlisle
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:15 AM
To: Veritas
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Network Settings
We are currently in the process of setting up a dedicated gigabit
Ethernet for our NetBackup environment. We have been having trouble
with communication and seem to have it narrowed down to setting
configuration. I am looking for some help on what is the recommended
settings for the configurable parameters on our switches and nic cards.
The following is the hardware that we have in our private network and
the configurable parameters that we are trying to set:
Switch: Nortel 5510 10/100/100
Switch Configurable Parameters:
SPEED (10/100/100)
DUPLEX (HALF/FULL)
FLOW CONTROL (NONE/ASYMETRIC/SYMETRIC)
Windows 2000 Dell servers Gig-E cards: Broadcom gigabit 57xx series
Broadcom configurable Parameters:
Checksum Offload = none, Rx TCP/IP, Tx TCP/IP, Tx/Rx TCP/IP
Ethernet@WireSpeed =enable, disable
Flow Control =auto, disable, Rx Pause, Rx/Tx Pause, Tx Pause
Additional questions with Flow Control:
off or disabled
TX on, RX off (is this Asymmetric?)
TX off, RX on (is this Asymmetric too?)
RX on, TX on (symmetric?)
Jumbo MTU =1500-9000
Speed & Duplex =auto,10/100 half/full duplex
Wake Up Capabilities =Both, Magic packet, None, Wake Up Frame
WOL Speed =Auto, 10mb, 100mb
Unix Systems:
HP-UX system Gig-E cards:HP C13COM
Sun Solaris Gig-E cards: Sun X1150A
IBM AIX Gig-E cards: IBM -14100401
Unix configurable parameters:
Autonegotiate: ON/OFF
Transmit and Receive Flow Control Status: Enabled/Disabled
Media Speed:
10/100/1000
FULL DUPLEX/HALF DUPLEX
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